Woodall-Patton House and Post Office
Also known as: U.S. Post Office - Schley, Georgia; Patton Hill Post Office
Why it's listed
Near the crossroads community of Concord in rural Schley County, Georgia, this one-story frame farmhouse was built around 1870-1871 on a 100-acre tract bought by Elizabeth Woodall. It follows the double-pen plan, with two front rooms, each with its own door to the porch and no hall. Original floors, walls, ceilings, doors, porcelain knobs and mantels survive, and a frame smokehouse remains. From 1888 to 1905 the front living room served as the Schley Post Office, locally called the Patton Hill Post Office. James W. Woodall was the first postmaster, followed by his sister Mary Ella Woodall Patton. The office closed when rural delivery began from Ellaville. The property is recognized for its architecture, as an early and unusual central Georgia example of the double-pen type, and for its role in rural communications and government. The family sold the house in 1933, and it is now unoccupied and used for storage.
Significance in brief: It is an intact, early and relatively rare central Georgia example of a double-pen farmhouse, retaining its original plan, floors, walls, doors, mantels and porch. Its front room served as the Schley Post Office, run by members of the Woodall family, providing mail service to rural northwestern Schley County until rural delivery began from Ellaville.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 01001432, listed January 11, 2002. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | GA 240, 3 mi. W of US19, Ellaville |
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| County | Schley County |
| Listed | January 11, 2002 |
| Reference number | 01001432 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | c.1871-1932 |
| Architectural style | No Style (double-pen house type) |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Communications, Politics/Government |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Currently unoccupied and used for storage; a nearby barn is a collapsed ruin. |
| Acreage | 1 |
| Coordinates | 32.33247, -84.34507 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
Noted as vacant in the nomination. Nomination documents can be decades old; current status may differ. If you are considering buying an empty listed property, read the due-diligence checklist.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 01001432.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q16917590
- This listing as JSON
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